Villa for the league! Lets go!
Premier League Gameweek 14-16
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Fantastic goal that.
Villa looking like the real deal, great goal.
To be fair, if you looked up and saw Hojlund in the box, you'd probably shoot, too.
Only cost half as much
I agree.
You can see the mentality they have. They are no joke. This team has everything in that department to go far this year.
How much injury time will the ref add to the 90 to let Arsenal win today? I'll go with 12.
Villa quietly got really good.
Villa is the neutral’s choice. I reckon they have more going for them than Brighton
I don't undertsand how anyone - even Villa fans - can enjoy the amount of faking and time wasting Martinez does. It's like an art form.
Ref was gonna play there until Arsenal lost the ball wasn't he?
He always add an extra touch against Arsenal too. It's "okay" to do when you're holding on in the last 15mn but he does it the whole match...
Anyway there's some positives, we're getting in good positions and got shots on goal. We can definitely get something from this game.
Good to see VAR being consistent again within the space of a few hours. C palace get a pen for the same thing Arsenal should have just been given one
Still think arsenal will win this
Not to jinx it but Jesus is average
Late late winner, just like Liverpool.
Better 2nd half from Arsenal
It’s awful honestly, and Martinez takes it to borderline unwatchable levels.
Villa very lucky to still be ahead
Arsenal's pressing is really fantastic. Both teams are very aggressive off the ball, which makes for an entertaining watch
Really should have a couple of goals by now
I'm not even watching the game, but Villa vs Arsenal has to be the peak of tactical 'injuries' and bullshit.
Probably always going to be 10+ minutes of added times no matter what happens, and likely more if Arsenal aren't winning.
Hope so, can’t have those twats winning it
Don't want either winning it, honestly.
Arsenal are just playing their games to be honest. Villa have completely retreated to defending their own box and are just trying to see the game out with a low block, time wasting and the odd counter attack.
Not booking Saka there for kicking the ball shows referees apply rules whenever they feel like it
To be honest he kicked it towards Martinez didn't he?
Well yeah, they went behind early. Villa and Newcastle are probably the only teams worse than them for rotating through the team with fake injuries when they're winning games.
Probably yeah
They apply it so arbitrarily. Pretty sure Luke Shaw got away with one like that after already being in a yellow card for exactly the same offence. Palmer got away with twice in consecutive games.
Made the game restart faster if anything. Martinez would have probably went to get the ball moonwalking with a glove on his c*ck.
That’s true. I agree.
Martinez paid for all his time wasting with the injury time that got added last year. Can sense similar happen again.
He did and Shaw got booked for... kicking the ball away.
True. I was gutted that Arsenal won that game late but it was exactly what Villa deserved.
Villa players are really dirty
How quickly would Fergie have signed McGinn? Such a SAF player...
Yeah, I was like, you’ve already booked him for this, how are you not booking him for doing it again?He did and Shaw got booked for... kicking the ball away.
I really rate Emery and have for a long time, his teams are always horrible to play against, organised, work hard, competitive, shoe string budgets.
Great, hugely underrated manager who was mocked due to his time at Arsenal.
Likewise players I wanted us to go for, like Watkins or Luiz, I was told were "beneath us" but it shows what coaching can do because they'd both waltz into our team now.
Great, hugely underrated manager who was mocked due to his time at Arsenal.
Likewise players I wanted us to go for, like Watkins or Luiz, I was told were "beneath us" but it shows what coaching can do because they'd both waltz into our team now.
Thing about Emery is that a 'big' team wouldn't be able to employ his tactics imo. I agree he's excellent, but could you see a Liverpool, Chelsea, United willing to be so passive? (generally, I know against City they were good)